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i am greta kreuz. >> i am alison starling. lescott started with traffic and weather every ten minutes. lisa baden is standing by with the latest on the traffic situation where there are major issues. first, meteorologist adam caskey. >> high-pressure for the next several days, meaning a great friday if ander really

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. >> i am greta kreuz. we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes.has a check of the forecast. >> its going to be a pleasant weekend. good morning. it's friday. it is a little chilly outside. temperatures are near average for this time of year. mainly in the 30's. 34 in frederick, 41 at reagan national, 41 in annapolis. 37 in winchester. mostly sunny today, a few scattered clouds, high temperatures in the mid 50's this afternoon. in the 50's this weekend, near 60 by saturday. breaking traffic with lisa baden. >>> 270 southbound before montgomery village avenue, the driver of a vehicle pulled over as far to the right as possible and flames were shooting from under a good. 00 the hood. southbound on 270 before montgomery village avenue. trappe is getting by two lanes to the left, delays before father rarely boulevard. if it was breaking news earlier this morning on the baltimore washington barretto it. it was the fatal crash between 198 and 197. the parkway has been reopened. now to pamela brown for the latest on the accident investigation. >> good mor

i am greta kreuz. >> i am alison starling. glad you are joining us. we will check in with lisa baden in a moment. we begin with adam caskey. welcome back. congratulations on the baby. >> teddy is a proud big brother. we are thrilled. in the belfort furniture weather center, 38 in the district, 25 in frederick. annapolis, 42. warmer all water. sunny and perfect to date. highs in the low to mid 60's. climbing through the morning and midday. tonight, upper 20's in outlying areas, mid to upper 30's downtown. now to lisa baden. >>> delays are calling out of oxon hill across the hudson bridge. coming out of maryland there's a crash on the inner loop in virginia, at telegraph road. local lanes are the way to go even oxon hill to get to telegraph road. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 6:01. details of breaking news we are following out of northeast washington. police are investigating a deadly overnight shooting. a man was shot in the head the circle park after 3:00 this morning and was taken to local hospital when he was pronounced dead. police are looking for

greta kreuz come abc7 news. >>> startling new reports about deadly concussions. >> parents are furiousbout letters sent home with their children. a battle ♪ [ female announcer ] keurig has over 200 varieties of gourmet coffee and tea to choose from. ♪ keurig is the way to brew fresh, delicious coffee in under a minute. way to brew. [ female announcer ] so with keurig, every cup tastes like it's brewed just for you. ♪ because it is. choose. brew. enjoy. keurig. her bed a stunning new report out today that is critical of hospitals. >> staggering numbers saying that hospitals contribute to the death of a 15,000 medicare patients per month and hundreds of thousands of hospital and it -- incident. >> michael bennett describes his father as vibrant prior to being admitted to the hospital in the 2004. >> on a mission, i figured three days in the hospital and antibiotics and we would be done. >> within days, on his condition inexplicably worsened. >> his lead was double the normal size. it was black and red. >> he had picked up an infection in the hospital. >> they have their hands on equipmen

. >> greta kreuz is at the national conference in baltimore. he is one of two cardinals from the u.s. and he will be officially elevated during a special ceremony at the vatican. >>> congress is back in session during there's a lot of work to be done. lawmakers have to approve a spending bill to fund the government and they will take a measure to extend possibly the bush tax cuts and to provide long-term assistance to the unemployed and will pick up a weapons treaty with russia. >>> a house panel will discontinue deliberations on whether charles frankel violated ethics rules. if the panel concludes that he broke house rules, he will likely face misconduct. -- charles rangel. >>> court documents reveals of baker's killer dismembered her. a prosthetic leg was found. her stepmother lisa baker has been in jail on charges related to the child's death. >>> today president obama will honor an army staff sergeant in the first living soldier to earn the medal of honor since the vietnam war. the 25-year-old is receiving the medal for his action in octobe

we are live on the scene with greta kreuz. >> the fire is now out of. it is in the row of houses directly behind me at coke and 16th street. this is in columbia heights. they have confirmed there was one fatality, an adult man who's name has not been released. the fire broke out at 3:30 p.m. in the 3600 block of 16th street. a passer-by noticed the flames and called 911. they extinguished the blaze and found a body of the man on the first floor. >> the victim was found inside in the fire which is part of the investigation process. we will not release information exactly where they were found as well as age. >> cause of death? >> still undetermined at this time. >> they have determined it was a man who was the victim. five other family victims -- family members managed to escape. this is the other big story -- the traffic. as you can see, there are trucks, fire trucks, water trucks blocking 16th street completely. it is shut down in both directions in the height of rush are between newton street and arkansas avenue. we do not know how long this will be s

. >> i am greta kreuz. we start with traffic and weather every ten minutes.on the forecast. we have been so lucky. is that going to run out? >> of course. it has been a fantastic week. a few minor changes next week. nothing terrible. just a few showers. 38 in the district, 28 in gaithersburg. 46 at lexington park. temperatures will climb to the low 60's. 62 is the high temperature. well into the 60's this weekend. a perfect november weekend. by tuesday, raining, near 60. >>> clicking through all kinds of cameras. no troubles. looks good on 66, 95, 395. it looks good across the potomac. here's a live picture of traffic in rosslyn, looks good across the roosevelt bridge and on 110. back to you. >> thank you. >>> new details in the breaking news from northeast washington. police are investigating a deadly overnight shooting. a man was shot in ahead in the park just after 3:00 a.m. and was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. gray suv was spotted leaving that area. police have not released any informations about the victim. >>> turning to the

. >> greta kreuz takes us into the church. >> this church packed in close to 7000 per week.it has a movie theater-style seats. >> i like the people. this is an incredible community of people. >> this is better than any other church i have been too. >> buses shuttle worshipers to satellite parking lots. the senior pastor, who started -- who started the church 21 years ago, says it works. >> i never think about how big is too big. >> people from 80 different countries worship here. this man used to be a big shot on wall street. >> there is nothing more satisfying than doing what i do today. >> this a big church is a big business would state of the art production facilities, a fellowship hall, and a sunday school program that starts small and grows with the children. >> we recognize that children learn in different ways. when want to reach the children where they are today. >> it keeps the adult loving the church and keep them coming back. -- adults loving the church and keeps them coming back. >>> interesting. >>> interesting. >>> we are following some breaking developments in

live in the newsroom, greta kreuz, abc7 news. >> coming up next, fire started in the streets. why are sued and so angry? >>> one man lost 30 pounds and it was all to prove all points. >>> we have no power on the ship at all. >> the latest ♪ [ female announcer ] keurig has over 200 varieties of gourmet coffee and tea to choose from. ♪ keurig is the way to brew fresh, delicious coffee in under a minute. way to brew. [ female announcer ] so with keurig, every cup tastes like it's brewed just for you. ♪ because it is. choose. brew. enjoy. keurig. >> the carnival splendor is finally on the move after an engine fire left it stranded off the coast of must comexico. >> they were stranded without hot water and air conditioning. >> they are totally the shipped to san diego, but it is a slow process. they are now within cell phones range. we're getting our first reports. >> twice the size of ted can tithe titanic and stranded off e coast of mexico. >> anything that is in a closed- door smells like rotten food. it is the lowest grade of living avaimaginable. >> it left the massive luxury

. >> he spoke with greta kreuz while attending the national bishops conference. one of 24 new cardinals. only two of them are from the u.s. he will be elevated on saturday. -> today's "politico minute" - a new poll. >> we hear some of the most surprising numbers. what did you take away from this poll? >> we're always hearing that the d.c. elites have different ideas and feelings than people in so- called real america. we tested that and it turns out to be true. interestingly, people in washington -- the elite -- are taking a stronger message from the midterm elections than maybe voters intended to send. it took a very strong anti-wash. message away from the election. people in the rest of the country were not certain what the message was. >> we always see -- when we have a changing of the guard -- one of the debates that pops up is over earmarks and how they're going to be handled. what are we seeing on that issue? it is always a hot button. >> this is a shocking development. the republican leader in the senate, minority leader mitch mcconnell, has reversed his l